technicality
noun
tech·ni·cal·i·ty
ˌtek-nə-ˈka-lə-tē 
plural technicalities
1
: something technical
especially
: a detail meaningful only to a specialist
a legal technicality
2
: the quality or state of being technical
Examples of technicality in a Sentence
These cases were dropped because of legal technicalities.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Last election, his coalition received just 48.4 percent of the vote, attaining a parliamentary majority only because of a technicality in Israel’s electoral system.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 17 July 2025
Meze says the 105 Silva sound signature is a new take on the company’s usual characteristics, including the technicalities of 109 PRO combined with the warmth and versatility of 105 AER.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Like Ornelas, Vargas resented that León had been removed from the Club World Cup on a technicality.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technicality. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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technicality
noun
tech·ni·cal·i·ty
ˌtek-nə-ˈkal-ət-ē
plural technicalities
1
: something technical
especially
: a detail that means something only to a specialist
a legal technicality
2
: the quality or state of being technical
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